UNTITLED
not holding a title, as of nobility.
Barrels of Love
If life in the metropolis creates loneliness and alienation, Coney Island counterattacks with the Barrels of Love.
Two horizontal cylinders - mounted in line - revolve slowly in opposite directions. At either end a small staircase leads up to the entrance.
One feeds men into the machine, the other women.
It is impossible to remain standing.
Men and women fall on top of each other.
The unrelenting rotation of the machine fabricates synthetic intimacy between people who never otherwise have met.
Delirious New York
“So, does it have population of more than one? Yes. A currency? Yes. A citizenship program? Yes. A constitution? Yes. A postal agency? Yes. A flag? Yes. A pompous official portrait of the head of state? Yes. Has it been at war? Yes. Can you visit it? Yes. Does it have an eclectic socially tolerant agenda? Yes. Then it certainly does “maintain the forms and structures of a sovereign state in order to present a diverse range of messages”“
(via BLDGBLOG: The Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations: An Interview with Simon Sellars)
An anarquist/cleptomaniac movement with a funny cultural camouflage. It’s quite ironic to steal for pleasure, is this trully anti-capitalism or is it the climax of capitalism?
Anyway i don’t doubt that, sooner or later, some multinational (Google like) can make money out of this.
YOMANGO.ORG :: EL LIBRO ROJO :: Mao dice Este libro es la pera
If you feel nostalgic about airline food…